Regular readers of PSA know that I’ve tried to carve out a beat for myself on the future of broadcasting. I’ve been captivated by the Yankees’ re-purchase of the YES Network, especially the partnership with Amazon and generally think we are about to see the biggest shift in consuming live sports since the radio-to-TV transition.
A story, then, that likely flew under the radar for a lot of people in a very big news week was the shuttering of NBCSN at the end of 2021. NBCSN isn’t a baseball channel — they broadcast NASCAR, the NHL, and Premier League games mostly.